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It was the second of two inclines constructed on Lookout Mountain; the first was the Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain Railway (Incline No. 1), which operated from 1886 to 1895 and dismantled in 1900. Service was disrupted twice by fires that destroyed the powerhouse, upper station and cars stored there overnight (the first fire occurring on ...
At the time, the mountain was accessible on the north side only by a four-hour trip up the old Whiteside Turnpike, which was built in the 1850s and cost a toll of two dollars. Complaints about the toll led to the 1879 construction of the St. Elmo Turnpike, which had an easier grade and a lower toll (the St. Elmo turnpike was paved and renamed ...
Missionary Ridge surrounds downtown Chattanooga; the "Ridge Cut", a 1 ⁄ 4-mile (0.40 km) blast into the ridge to pass Interstate 24, is the dip in the center of the image. Missionary Ridge runs basically north–south for several miles and varies in width from a few feet to over 660 feet (200 m), with very steep, nearly vertical sides that ...
The Choo Choo is a lodging, entertainment, and cultural hub in downtown Chattanooga that previously served as the town’s busy Terminal Station from 1909 until the last train departed in 1970.
Lookout Mountain is a mountain ridge at the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southeastern Tennessee state line in Chattanooga. Lookout Mountain was the scene of the 18th-century "Last Battle of the Cherokees" in this area during the Nickajack Expedition .
Stringer's Ridge Preservation Easement, generally known as Stringer's Ridge, is a 92 acre wilderness park located in North Chattanooga, Tennessee. [1] The ridge overlooks the North Shore, the Tennessee River and downtown Chattanooga. The trail terrain consists of rolling hills and some short steep sections.
The modern downtown skyline is dominated by the Aquarium, the Republic Centre [56] (tallest building in Chattanooga [57] [circular reference]), John C. Portman Jr.'s the Westin (Gold Building), [58] the James Building (Chattanooga's first skyscraper), [59] and The Block, [60] a climbing gym with 5,000 square feet of functional climbing space.
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